Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-08-07

/ But John Leroy was kind To me when l
came N here, a stranger, an II can
mind say ii-you shall Just get the hest
rIerEship a guju' Go on home, now, an
| be all ready to pass, an if | don't try Tor
/ We. nav name amt T. Jefferson Jlmpson'
and cUpious stream Of tobacco followed
| the words.
( 'NIr Jrmpson. I've been in Washington
/ two weeks. aud I'vr talked to lots OF pap"
friends and acquaintance, but yours are
the first words of real sympathy AMI kihu-
ness I've had. Thank you for them.
Never YOU mind about thanks, ma am
| what we wants Office. LOOK III again III
| day or two Good bye.
| And blinded with tears Alice CROPPED her
v,v ont not without hearing the gurgle
of strong smelling liquid before she
reached the door. Her next move was to
plve up her room at the boarding house
| and take a small one where dodgers only
were taken. then she rented an OIL stove
and made arrangements to cook her own
/ breakfast and lunch and buy her dinner ut
one of the cheap restaurants SO common IN
| Washington. Then she felt that she was
really settled. for she knew now that she
would have to wait many weary months
and her stock of money was small and no
murr would come until she earned IT..
| Then she found out the isolation OF 4 great
CITY. the place had always seemed full OF
p.opIe whom she knew, but now that she
| no longer received or attended receptions,
she never seemed 10 meet any one she
/ knew. Some few acquaintance she passed
| on the avenue or saw in church, but they
/ bowed uncertainty, not having heard oil
| her presence in town aud fearing 4 mistake.
other men had become bankrupt or died
/ since John Leroy, the nine days wonder,
was no; only over but forgotten.
| Col. Tallet came to see Alice and enCOur-
aged her One day he brought her geran-
| Jun, which made fine show IN her one
window. When she saw it Alice thought
with u dull pain OF the hehutropc III the
| sitting room ut home. Once Or twice the
| Colonel took her for a Sunday afternoon
walk through the squares or out Ia OAK
/ Hill lie cOnlided to her that lie provided
| frrau invalid sister and had 10 deny HIM
self the comforts she needed there. No
other visitors came.
She went TO see Mr.. Jimpsu. When he
could receive her hr revived her dropping
hopes. Pass the exon. and all's right,
he said.
The awful day came ut last, sunny,
spying-likc day, but with sharp winds ~
my in wait in the broad squares and
sweeping uneNp ectedly round the corners.
/ The sun shone gIily in AT the windows
and tell on the pale faces OF the men and
women who sat IN the room. On one side
of Alice was an elderly lady who told her
/ that she had three grandchildren to sup
port and was the widow of u Chief Justice
! ot q Western State On the other side sat
| a pretty Young woman with hard highly
coiored face aud falsely golden locks, She
said she was from near Boston, and was
I tired of teaching little imps 10 read and
write, and meant to get in If 1t took u
wear. "But it won't, she said. Il know
| the ropes, I've u sister in Office.
- thought two members of the same
/ family could not hold office, sud Alice
/ tlmiiiy,
"Eaby, that's all you know. My sister :
/ a widow, different name, aud appointed
/ from another State. Who'll know. Good
I Joke ON nclc sam, l say
| The hours went by, awful hours 10 Alice
whose brain seemed numb and her memory
Slipping away from her. Once or twice
she feared to tall to weeping, to give itup
and ste,, from the room, rs other white
laced women had already done, but still
her pen went on and the clock seemed
/ ticking IN her head.
/ The woman in black went slowly and
painfully yet steadily on, and the high
yolored girl sometimes whispered aques-
ton rs to the spelling OF Il word. She had
SOME notes on heT cuffs which seemed To
| help her. At last il was all over, and Ahce
rr,pt homie faint aud dizzy aud fearful Of
| the consequences. When the time Was up
/ she went 10 see JImpSuu. He WAS I'm COM
mittec meeting; tine next time he wits doing
/ White hOnOrs to some constituents. At last
/ she saw him.
well. here you are, ma am, did pretty
well, didn't We, Belteru ] expected. Got
some good stun in We. Between you an
me don T know Us could pass 1t myself
Lucky it amt necessary tor congress
mIu, aIn'tlr
Alice smnd. I'm SO glad | did pretty
well Shall / get in SOON
/ soon well | guess not. Lots OF folks
. in q head OF you. Now you 20 home an
/ wait. an IN make myself such nuisance
/ To them lellrrs, that they'll put We in Just
| 10 get shut OF me. just you 20 nome an
wait, big cuyelope'll be comm for We
sOme OF these days.
10 Alice went home and waited, waited
while spring came to Washington with
/ binding sun and merclless winds with
rucryatiug heat and lurking malaria. Her
/ whilom friends trooped oil to Old Point
/ for rest and regeneration. BY aud by some
/ of them came hack for a bit Of Lenten
/ Caietv. then they too melted away; but
/ Alice waited in her little room and boarded
| the sIuall sum OF money left to her At
times she was tempted to give it up, but
Tor those appealing letters from her mother
and Col. Tulets's gentle sympathy.
At last only few dollars remained.
/ She had been doing all her own cooking
tor days and stiuting herself Of necessary
food. hut even this she could not do Tor
many more days and then what should
she do? Finally, after sleepless night
and sranty breakfast, she determined to
zee Mr.. JimpsOn once more though he had
promised that she should know ut once if
news came. for it was the long session and
June still found him At his desk. Alice
seemed all at once to have sunk into utter
despair. She even thought Of the river ~
an end TO it all
"But for mama, she whispered Is she
YEARLY walked the long squares between
home and his Office, black shadow in the
late June Sunshine. In one of the squares
she paused to rest, but the scent of the
hrliotrope drove her on again. Yes, the
Representative was at home and would see
her. The room seemed fuller than ever Of
brandy and tobacco smoke
well, here ye are, Miss Leroy. Come
to he congratulated, have yep
Congratulated. II don't under
stand"
Haven't got your appointment yet;
Well, it's all right. | WAS just going to
let you know. They told me SO this morn
lin, nine hundred dollar clerkship Bless
my soul,' Tor Alice fell NJ his feet in L
dead feat
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